Who's Running for State Office in Wisconsin 2012: 87th Assembly District (General Election Edition)

Public libraries in the 87th Assembly District
Bruce Area Public Library
Frances L. Simek Memorial Library, Medford
Hawkins Area Library
Marathon County Public Library -- Athens
Rusk County Community Library, Ladysmith
Sherman and Ruth Weiss Community Library, Hayward
Western Taylor County Public Library, Gilman
Winter Public Library

Academic library
North Central Technical College Library, Medford

The Republican incumbent

Biography. Born Phillips, July 8, 1949; married; 3 children, 4 grandchildren. 

Graduate Phillips H.S. 1967; associate degree Taylor Co. Teachers Coll. 1969; B.S. elementary ed. UW-Stevens Point 1974.

Restaurant owner. Former elementary teacher, Medford Area School Dist. 

Member: Farm Bureau; Dairy Promotion Com.; Dairy Breakfast Com.; Pri-Ru-Ta RC&D (pres.); Taylor Co. Safe & Stable Families; Wis. Restaurant Assn.; Natl. Fed. of Ind. Businesses; Chamber of Commerce; We Whittlesey Whizzers Snowmobile Club; Taylor Co. Local Emergency Planning Com.  

Taylor Co. Bd. 1992-96. 

Elected to Assembly 2002; reelected since 2004. Majority Caucus Secretary 2011, 2007; Minority Caucus Secretary 2009.

No primary opponent in 2010.  Won general election with 57% of the vote.

The Democratic challenger:  Elizabeth Riley

Wisconsin Eye interview (9/18/12)

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